Intense fatigue, sleep disturbances, anxiety … These manifestations have one thing in common: they can be indicative of burnout. “It is a kind of overflow which means that the person can no longer assume what he must assume: an injunction absolutely to do, to do well”.
One in two employees thinks they have already been affected by this professional burnout during their career. But how can you tell the difference between burnout and temporary fatigue? Sleep disturbances and exhaustion that does not stop at rest can be an alert. For example when “the weekend is not enough to resume and not be tired on Monday,”. When we do “a burnout”, we are on Monday morning in the same state as on Friday evening.
The generalization of teleworking linked to the health crisis has changed our habits. And for some, these changes are difficult to manage. Here’s some advice on avoiding burnout while working from home.
Telework: “There is no longer any decompensation airlock”
This phenomenon seems to be on the rise since the generalization of teleworking linked to the health situation. There are more risks in teleworking because there is no more decompensation airlock.
The lack of social relations favors this professional exhaustion. We need the other’s presence, we need their live gaze, we don’t just need their image or their voice, we need to have a person in the flesh.
Is this professional burnout necessarily the consequence of personal vulnerability? It’s not a question of fragility, it’s really a question of the environment. And for good reason: employees have less space and move less, which inevitably has consequences on their mental balance.
Tips to avoid telework burnout!
Do you feel tired at work? Burnout is not inevitable and there are ways to avoid it:
- Not to stay frozen all day and move about every hour. Being frozen all day on a computer is exhausting, it exhausts the body.
- Be attentive to the body rhythms, to what makes us feel good and to what relieves us of fatigue. In burn-out, people often take away what makes them feel good, but you have to allow yourself to rest when needed.
- Not to be too glued to emails and notifications.
- Stop bullying yourself personally. You have to force yourself to say, at some point: ‘I’m closing the store! I’m going to disconnect, we’ll see all that tomorrow’. Because the problem with work is that it’s endless. So you have to get some fresh air, you have to move.
- Do not hesitate to consult. You shouldn’t wait too long when you feel that the symptoms are coming because when they start to set in, burnout can really build up and it becomes extremely difficult to get out of it.
Reference: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelcyvjoseph/2020/05/18/how-to-avoid-burnout-in-the-age-of-remote-work/?sh=1d82f2494ee2
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